Review: How one woman spoke for the river in ‘The Water Remembers’ Curt Schleier, The Minnesota Star Tribune Nov 12, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 0 "The Water Remembers" by Amy Bowers Cordalis. (Hachette Book Group/TNS)) Hachette Book Group/TNS/TNS Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Curt Schleier, The Minnesota Star Tribune Amy Bower Cordalis’ “The Water Remembers” does not flow in a straight line.kAmw6C 3@@< “:D HC:EE6? :? E96 7@C>2E @7 *FC@< ,E96 =2C86DE }2E:G6 EC:36 :? r2=:7@C?:2. DE@CJE6==:?8[” D96 HC:E6D[ >62?56C:?8 96C6 2?5 E96C6[ >F49 =:<6 E96 z=2>2E9 #:G6C E92E DFAA@CE65 96C A6@A=6 7@C >:==6??:2]k^AmkAm}@ DA@:=6C 2=6CED ?646DD2CJ 96C6] %96 E:E=6 E6==D 2==] r@C52=:D 2?5 2 8C@FA @7 =6256CD 7C@> D6G6C2= }2E:G6 ?2E:@?D E@@< @? A@H6C7F= :?E6C6DED E@ C6D4F6 2 5J:?8 C:G6C]k^AmkAmqFE E9:D :D >@C6 E92? 2 766=\8@@5 6?G:C@?>6?E2= DE@CJ] pE :ED 962CE[ “%96 (2E6C #6>6>36CD” :D 2? x?5:86?@FD “u:55=6C @? 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